Facilities
Are Apps the Interface that Make Smart Facility Management Feasible For All Buildings?
August 29th, 2019Real Estate Developers Should Eye Vertical Diversification into Facilities Management
August 7th, 2019It’s Not Smart Unless People Can Use it
“The majority of people aren’t comfortable diving into the unknown. And that’s why there’s a bit of pushback when it comes to embracing technology like AI, IoT, and machine learning, especially in facility management. For many, this is the elephant in the room,” suggests Lewis Richards, chief digital officer for global facility services provider Atalian […]
IoT Development: Seamless Top-Down or Organic Bottom-Up Approach?
Increased M&A & Investment Activity in FM Software Sector in 2018
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. The last 12 months have seen a heightened level of M&A and Investment activity in the Facilities Management Software sector as vendors and service providers jostle for position in an increasingly competitive environment. This category is focused on software solutions that manage […]
Co-Working: Does the Hype Match the Reality?
Co-working and the rise of workplace-as-a-service may be the dominant real estate story of 2018. With real estate firms like Boston Properties, Tishman Speyer, among others, starting to offer their own co-working brands (or planning to launch them), this market will continue to be scrutinised in 2019. There are other entrants, too. Office Depot has […]
Keeping Up with the Data Demands of the Millennial Generation’s Smart Buildings
Since the beginning of human history, every generation of people has been defined by their buildings. From caves to mud huts, stone to brick houses, to steel and concrete houses, the places we live work and play have continually evolved to cater better for our demands. Today’s emerging generation, the millennial generation, demands connectivity, flexibility, […]
Light is a Powerful Stimulant But can we get the Productivity Boost Without the Side Effects?
“When we discovered how to make electric light, we dramatically changed the human condition and our productivity,” says Fred Maxik, a physicist and founder of Lighting Science Group. “We didn’t understand for the next 125 years was that this wonderful invention brought negative biological consequences.” Maxik’s Rhode Island-based firm, established in the year 2000, produces […]
Elevating Smart Buildings to the Next Level with Predictive Maintenance
At the 1853 World’s Fair, in New York’s Crystal Palace, 40-year-old Elisha Otis stood upon a platform 10 meters in the air and ordered axemen to cut the only rope that was suspending it. In front of an amazed crowd the rope was severed, but the platform only fell a few inches before it came […]
Commercial Real Estate Firms Embrace PropTech with IoT Platforms & Apps
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Real estate operators and service providers are proving to be early adopters of proptech innovations and IoT solutions as they focus on optimizing energy and operational efficiencies in their portfolios. They are developing their own in-house platforms, investing in startup companies (Real […]